I've had luck with generating local UNIX accounts using LDAP:
nss_ldap-1.265_12 RFC 2307 NSS module
openldap-client-2.4.40_1 Open source LDAP client implementation
pam_ldap-1.8.6_3 Pam module for authenticating with LDAP
Then Postfix (and Dovecot for IMAP) need very little config because they now see all accounts as local.
I've also be using Apache Directory Studio for browing ldap trees - it a plugin for Eclipse.
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softerra do a nice LDAP browser I find that really helps figure out what you are doing wrong.
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Try thisOriginally posted by CourtesyFlush View PostTearing my hair out for 3 days now ....
I want to get Postfix to lookup local recipients in Openldap. I want postfix to connect to openldap, using an ldap account I have created for this purpose.
postfix/postfix
Why?Code:bind=yes bind_dn = uid=postfix, ou=Users, dc=absolutleyfedupnow, dc=com bind_pw = postfix server_host = ldap://server.absolutleyfedupnow.com:389 search_base = ou=Users, dc=absolutleyfedupnow, dc=com domain = absolutleyfedupnow.com query_filter = (&(mail=%s)(mailEnabled=TRUE)) result_attribute = mail
I can log in with these credentials from the command line using Kinit??????
HTHCode:bind=yes bind_dn = postfix@absolutleyfedupnow.com bind_pw = postfix server_host = ldap://server.absolutleyfedupnow.com:389 search_base = ou=Users, dc=absolutleyfedupnow, dc=com domain = absolutleyfedupnow.com query_filter = (&(mail=%s)(mailEnabled=TRUE)) result_attribute = mail
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Tearing my hair out for 3 days now ....
I want to get Postfix to lookup local recipients in Openldap. I want postfix to connect to openldap, using an ldap account I have created for this purpose.
postfix/postfix
Code:bind=yes bind_dn = uid=postfix, ou=Users, dc=absolutleyfedupnow, dc=com bind_pw = postfix server_host = ldap://server.absolutleyfedupnow.com:389 search_base = ou=Users, dc=absolutleyfedupnow, dc=com domain = absolutleyfedupnow.com query_filter = (&(mail=%s)(mailEnabled=TRUE)) result_attribute = mail
Why?Simple Bind Failed: NT_STATUS_LOGON_FAILURE
I can log in with these credentials from the command line using Kinit??????Tags: None
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